Effects of various photoperiods on flowering in Capsicum frutescens and C. annuum

Environmental Control in Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-142

  Yamamoto, Sota ^a   Misumi, Mayo ^a,b   Nawata, Eiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Forestry Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonin islands; Domestication; Flower buds; Flower differentiation; Long day; Ryukyu islands; Short day

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349129171     PISSN: 1880554X     EISSN: 18830986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2525/ecb.45.133     Document Type: Article

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